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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 134-136. 1909. 625 to receive the same, the same shall revert to the District of Columbia, and be lpaid forthwith to the collector of taxes as part of the revenues of the istrict of Columbia. ‘ In all suits in said court process shall be signed by the said clerk or I¤¤¤¤ ofprcwsm assistant clerk in the name of the court. The assistant clerk may sign the name of the clerk to any official act required b law or by the practice of the court to be performed b the clerk. In such case the sipnature shall be "—-j- ———, Clerk; by -—-—# —-———, Assistant C erk." Both the clerk and assistant clerk are hereby given authority to ad- b °{*hk¤*¤¤*¤i¤*°*¤¤ nginister oaths in all cases pending in said court, or about to be filed Vc er ` t erein. The clerk shall perform such other and further duties as may from Om? emisstime to time be prescribed by the municipal court. He shall give bond to the District of Columbia in the sum of five B¤¤¤- thousand dollars, with surety or sureties to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and the assistant clerk shall 've a like bond _ in the sum of two thousand dollars: Provided, That thi; expenditures mgm um. to be incurred under any of the provisions of this Act shall not in any mecase exceed the total amount of revenues and fees of the said municipal court. - The said clerk shall keep a docket similar to the one heretofore pro- D°°*°'~ vided for justices of the peace. Approved, February 17, 1909. · CHAP. 35.-An Act T amend section ninet of the Athe ke F°b""g]J'1°°°' Erie and Ohio River Ship Ciinal Company rights ibn construct, iilldigntainfdnd operatea canal or canals and appurtenant works between the Ohio River in the lP“bl*°·N°·”3·l State of Pennsylvania and Lake Erie in the Stats of Ohio, approved June thirtieth, nineteen huudred·and six. Be it enacted Zn; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Oongresa assembled, That section nineteen of the R?C,Z¥§h1i§15§,?,3g,?,L? Act granting the Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal Company P“,,?,{dd mended dd rights to construct equip, maintain, and operate a canal or canals and porngmrminulgsuulbg appurtenant works between the Ohio River in the State of Pennsyl- ;,`f{°{$i;.-gf) W"" vania and Lake Erie in the State of Ohio, approved June thirtieth, ddY_g[ddd“· ¥’- 8** nineteen hundred and six, be, and it is hereby, amended as follows: ' ln said section of said Act strike out the words "three years" and insert the words "six years” in lieu thereof ; also strike out the words " ten years " and insert the words " thirteen ycars" in lieu thereof. Approved, February 17, 1909. CHAP. 186.·-—An Art To authorize the Secretary of War to donate two condemned Fei? brass or bronze cannon or iicld pieces and cannon balls to the city of Henderson, Kentucky. "` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati·ves of the United _ States of America in (tbngress assembled, That the Secretary of War f¥§,§‘§§,§f§,’§,;lg§,;n0¤ bc, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to donate to the city of dented m- Henderson, Kentucky, to be placed in the public park of said city, two condemned brass or bronze cannon or field pieces with a suitable outfit of cannon balls, which may not ,be needed in the service, the same to be placed in Central Park, in Henderson, Kentucky, and for _ which said city is trustee: Provided, That the articles of ordnance §[,°Z;{{’,g,,_...,_m_ property furnished under the provisions of this Act shall not be required to be accounted for by the Chief of Ordnance, and no expense shall be incurred by the United States in the delivery of the same. Approved, February 17, 1909. `